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Forum: Windows 7 Forum March 1st 17, 06:29 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 38
Views: 925
Posted By Walter E.[_2_]
Windows 7 slowing down

"Mike S" wrote in message
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On 2/28/2017 7:22 PM, Paul in Houston TX wrote:
masonc wrote:
On Sun, 26 Feb 2017 12:44:04 -0600, Paul in...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum February 25th 17, 04:00 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 38
Views: 925
Posted By Walter E.[_2_]
Windows 7 slowing down

My 5 year old install of Windows 7 seems to be slowing down, especially my
Firefox browser. Is there an easy way to perk it up a bit?

When I recently ran my virus checker (Security essentials) on...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum February 15th 17, 06:39 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 23
Views: 537
Posted By Walter E.[_2_]
Revert from Window 10 to Windows 7

My wife has a lot of trouble coping with Windows 10 in her new computer. I I
have a retail disk of windows 7. Can I install windows 7 on a windows 10
machine?
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum December 18th 16, 08:33 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 35
Views: 846
Posted By Walter E.[_2_]
Free pdf file reader

Thank you

Would the Adobe reader (free) be able to fill in forms like a 1040?

"VanguardLH" wrote in message
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"Walter E." ...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum December 18th 16, 06:50 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 35
Views: 846
Posted By Walter E.[_2_]
Free pdf file reader

I am looking for a free pdf reader with the ability to fill in pdf forms
that I can download and then fill in?

Thanks for any recommendation

Windows 7 64 bit

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Walter
Forum: Windows 7 Forum November 28th 16, 03:36 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 9
Views: 968
Posted By Walter E.[_2_]
Service Pack 1 on DVd?

I need to reinstall windows 7 on my computer from my disk.

Rather than download SP1 from Microsoft and let MS install it on my
computer, can I download SP1, burn it to a DVD and then run the SP...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum March 18th 16, 09:26 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 19
Views: 1,652
Posted By Walter E.[_2_]
Windows is compressing photos I send

You are right, this is probably caused by my crummy e-mail client: Windows
Live mail.

Maybe I should change to Thunderbird or Outlook

"VanguardLH" wrote in message...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum March 18th 16, 06:30 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 19
Views: 1,652
Posted By Walter E.[_2_]
Windows is compressing photos I send

If I want to e-mail a photo, I click on the image file in my computer Send
to Mail Recipient.

At that point Windows tells me that the image to be mailed will be 230 kb.
However, the original...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum March 14th 16, 09:09 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 8
Views: 1,104
Posted By Walter E.[_2_]
Adjust print font size in Windows Live Mail ?

Thanks, but I am using the Firefox browser. I tried adjusting the e-mail
printer by adjusting the font size in Firefox. No luck.

"Paul" wrote in message...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum March 14th 16, 03:16 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 8
Views: 1,104
Posted By Walter E.[_2_]
Adjust print font size in Windows Live Mail ?

I am using Windows 7 plus "Windows Live Mail" for my e-mail. I use Firefox
as my web browser.

I don't know why, but when I print out a message in WLM, the font size is
unreasonably large.

I tried...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum February 21st 16, 10:42 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 11
Views: 1,578
Posted By Walter E.[_2_]
Change logical drive to primry drive?

I would like to make a clone of my C drive, just in case my existing C Drive
fails. I connected a spare 500 GB drive to my computer, using a USB
connection. Windows 7 partition Manager shows the...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum February 19th 16, 06:52 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 52
Views: 2,274
Posted By Walter E.[_2_]
The future of MS Windows

I am concerned about the future of Windows. It seems to become more of an
entertainment medium than a work platform. Are serious people slipping and
sliding and pinching their fingers on a computer...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum February 11th 16, 05:59 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 12
Views: 1,164
Posted By Walter E.[_2_]
File search utility program (free)

Nothing. It just shows my ignorance of computers. :-)

Actually, I thought that Firefox supplied the search function in Windows. I
now realize it is Windows 7 that does the searching; and I would...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum February 11th 16, 04:24 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 12
Views: 1,164
Posted By Walter E.[_2_]
File search utility program (free)

I had to re-image my computer. For some reason, I lost Agent Ransack in the
process (lost reference and would not re-install). Since I am using Firefox,
this leaves me without a file-search...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum February 4th 16, 06:12 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 5
Views: 522
Posted By Walter E.[_2_]
Transferring movies from DVD to Windows 7 Hard Drive?

Thanks for all your input. It will get me started. Actually, these are
non-protected movies. It should be easy to transfer the files from DVD to my
computer hard drive.

Walter

"(PeteCresswell)"...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum February 4th 16, 04:24 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 5
Views: 522
Posted By Walter E.[_2_]
Transferring movies from DVD to Windows 7 Hard Drive?

I have several hundred old movies and documentaries that I burned from the
originals to DVD's. With DVD's being phased out and for safekeeping, I am
looking for a way to transfer these DVD's to my...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum January 19th 16, 09:45 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 23
Views: 233
Posted By Walter E.[_2_]
Should I buy win 10 laptop or win 10 tablet computer?

I am an old person who has mobility problems and is confined to sitting in a
recliner chair most of the time.

I am no longer able to use my desktop computer (Windows 10) and need to
switch to...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum November 21st 15, 04:31 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 6
Views: 1,309
Posted By Walter E.[_2_]
Cannot print with Foxit

I am using Windows 7 with Foxit Reader Ver. 7.1.3.320

I can read pdfs just fine but I cannot print them. The Foxit "print" panel
has the "Print" box at the bottom of the screen but that section of...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum October 14th 15, 05:35 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 6
Views: 1,025
Posted By Walter E.[_2_]
Very slow transfer rate

I am transfering 5000 mpr music files from my desktop to my 32 gb SDHC in my
cellphone. Total GB is 25, which should leave lots of space on the card.

Watching the transfer rate, I notice that only...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum September 14th 15, 08:08 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 6
Views: 841
Posted By Walter E.[_2_]
How to equalize sound volume

Thank you Vanguard. I did what you suggested: In Windows 7, and ONLY while
an application is
loaded, you right-click on the volume tray icon and select Mixer. You
will see a separate volume control...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum September 14th 15, 05:18 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 6
Views: 841
Posted By Walter E.[_2_]
How to equalize sound volume

I often listen to mp3 files on my computer as background music. Windows 7
uses Windows media player to decode and send the signal to my amplifier and
speakers. I set the the volume control in the...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum January 6th 15, 04:15 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 4
Views: 517
Posted By Walter E.[_2_]
Boot Section Failed

"Good Guy" wrote in message ...
On 06/01/2015 03:49, Walter E. wrote:

Using Windows 7 Home Premium. I tried to recover my system with...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum January 6th 15, 03:49 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 4
Views: 517
Posted By Walter E.[_2_]
Boot Section Failed

Using Windows 7 Home Premium. I tried to recover my system with an image of
my C: drive. I used the Windows 7 Recovery tool from the Control Panel
Advanced Recovery Use previous image ...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum September 28th 14, 11:26 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 5
Views: 425
Posted By Walter E.[_2_]
Need to replace my c: drive

Don't I have to partition and format the new drive? Or will Windows do that
automatically?


"Ken1943" wrote in message
...
On...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum September 28th 14, 11:04 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 5
Views: 425
Posted By Walter E.[_2_]
Need to replace my c: drive

My knowledge of computers is somewhat limited. I am running Windows 7/64
Home Premium.

My 500 GB C: drive self destructed this morning and I am on my way out to
buy a new 500 GB drive.

I am...
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